{"id":33485,"date":"2012-07-10T03:37:46","date_gmt":"2012-07-10T03:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/episcopal_bishops_ok_trial_same_sex_blessing_service_full_church_affirms_tr\/"},"modified":"2012-07-10T03:37:46","modified_gmt":"2012-07-10T03:37:46","slug":"episcopal_bishops_ok_trial_same_sex_blessing_service_full_church_affirms_tr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=33485","title":{"rendered":"(AP) Episcopal bishops OK trial same sex blessing service; full church backs transgender ordination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Episcopal bishops have approved an official prayer that blesses same-sex unions.<\/p>\n<p>Church leaders on Monday voted 111-41 in favor of the liturgy during the Episcopal General Convention in Indianapolis. The plan now goes to convention deputies for final approval.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national\/on-faith\/episcopal-convention-affirms-ordination-transgendered-adopts-anti-discrimination-policy\/2012\/07\/09\/gJQA4So0YW_story.html\">Read it all<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/news\/article\/Episcopal-bishops-OK-trial-gay-blessing-prayer-3694066.php\">a longer version is there<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episcopal bishops have approved an official prayer that blesses same-sex unions. Church leaders on Monday voted 111-41 in favor of the liturgy during the Episcopal General Convention in Indianapolis. The plan now goes to convention deputies for final approval. Read<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=33485\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,661,175,66,168,378,173,514,79,372,34,169],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anglican-episcopal","category-gen-con-2012","category-anthropology","category-episcopal-church-tec","category-ethics-moral-theology","category-general-convention","category-sacramental-theology","category-same-sex-blessings","category-sexuality-debate-in-anglican-communion","category-tec-bishops","category-theology","category-theology-scripture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33485\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}